He, may Allah have mercy on him, said: The purpose of fasting is to obey Allah, the Exalted, and to honor His sacred limits.

And to strive against the self to oppose its desires in obedience to its Master.

And to train it to have sabr from what Allah has forbidden, and the purpose is not just to abstain from food, drink, and other things that break the fast.

Fasting in language means abstaining.

Fasting in language means abstaining, that is, abstaining from things.

It is called fasting; if someone abstains from speaking, it is said he fasted.

It means refraining from speaking, which is called fasting, fasting in the linguistic sense.

Because it is refraining, and in language, refraining means holding back from something.

Refraining from things.

This is fasting in language, but in Islamic law, it is a specific kind of refraining.

Linguistically, it is a general refraining, but in Islamic law, it is a specific refraining.

Linguistically, it is a general refraining from anything a person wants to refrain from.

The specific abstention is abstaining from food and drink.

And from all things that break the fast, from the break of dawn until sunset.

This is the legal fasting, because it is a specific type of fasting.

By abstaining from food, drink, and all things that break the fast from the break of dawn until sunset, this is the legal fasting. As for the linguistic fasting, it is simply abstention.

That is why, for example, abstaining from speech is also called fasting.

When Maryam said, "I have vowed to the Most Merciful a fast, so I will not speak today to any human," meaning abstaining from speech.

Its linguistic meaning is broad, and its religious meaning is one part of the linguistic meaning.

Because every form of abstaining is called fasting in language.

And whatever involves abstaining from eating and drinking.

And all other things that break the fast, from the break of dawn until sunset, this is religious fasting.

This is the religious fasting.

Fasting has its own wisdoms.

Among its wisdoms is that a person trains himself.

To strive against his own soul in obedience to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.

And to restrain it and prevent it from things it desires.

And inclines toward, seeking closeness to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.

And for this reason, as I mentioned in the previous lesson, that.